The Gallery of my Original Work

Friday, April 27, 2012

The More Things Change.....the more I want to get a time machine.

For crying out loud in the sink, as my dear old Dad used to say.
I logged on to Blogspot to post this morning and lo and behold, the ass powers that be have decided in their infinite 'want-to-be-oh-so-techy' way to now provide all sorts of tra-la-la apps for posting, yadda yadda. My beef?
My Browser apparently isn't supported by Blogger and some parts now will not work and I may experience problems.
No shit, Sherlock. At the moment I can see 1/2 of my dashboard choices for font, type style, pic upload etc. AND it now takes 5 times longer for me to get this done.
I weep.
I can hardly wait until I have a pic to post...like now:

JUXTAPOSE - 30 X 36
Acrylic with Derwent 'Inktense' pencil

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Wellll-l-l-l, 2 hours and 21 minutes later - here we are. I had to download the 'new' Google Chrome app (2 hrs 21 mins) and then install and get it up and running....all this, is, of course, due to the fact that I am still using DIAL UP - and do not have an option otherwise.

We are obsolete and are rapidly being left in the dust.

However, we are still able to post and I guess that's the point.

I am seriously considering a nap after all that.

...but I'll start laying out a new painting instead.

THANK the powers my hands are still wa-a-a-a-ay beyond anything technology can replace.

MY BOOK - Other Side Of The Canvas

About Me

I'm never without a sketchbook to hand so I am constantly drawing and noting ideas or stories for my paintings. Sometimes these drawings are left in the sketchbook and other times they develop into fully realized paintings.
I didn't attend formal Art School but have taught myself by reading books and figuring out 'how to do it' on my own. I think this has given me a truly original approach.
I like to watch people unobtrusively in coffee shops or informal gatherings; their gestures inspire me. I am fascinated by mythology, both biblical and folkloric and how it is still applicable to everyday situations.
Hopefully these paintings will speak for themselves but each person will take something a bit different from my paintings and I'm ok with that.
I am represented by the Mark Penney Gallery and Reflecting Spirit Gallery in Ucluelet, B.C. Canada